Simulated Object Orientations in Reading Sentences

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Sau-Chin Chen
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Tzu-Chi University

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Orientation and Size

Issues

  • Mental Simulation: Our minds simulate what we are reading.
  • Match Advantage: Faster responses to the object pictures which are compatible with our simulations.
Properties Example Chone’s d_z
Shape .27 ~ .31
Color .20 ~ .48
Size .07 ~ .27
Orientation .07 ~ .13

Source: Zwaan and Pecher (2012); de Koning, Wassenburg, Bos, and Schoot (2017b); de Koning, Wassenburg, Bos, and Schoot (2017a)

Why the orientation effect has the smallest effect size?

  • Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic
  • Only small objects were employed in the investigation of orientation effect
  • Diversity among languages
  • Particular task demand

Registered Report

Investigate match advantage of object orientation between …

  • Large objects vs. Small objects: crane vs. cane
  • Tasks: Picture Verification vs. Picture Identification vs. Picture Naming
  • Languages: English vs. Dutch(Dutch; English) vs. Chinese

Pre-analysis for sample size estimation

  • Estimate maximal sample size in terms of past results and .80 power
  • Decide Bayes Factor for stopping data collection

Findings

About picture veification

About picture identification

About picture naming

No language group shows match advantage in picture naming.

Conclusion

  • Orientation effects shifted with object size
  • Moderator of languages
  • Demands of picture properties

Orientation effects across languages

Issue

  • Language Diversity: Amenrican English shows the robust orientation effect
  • Embodied Cognition: Extended studies depended on small effect size
  • How would langauge alter match advantage of object orientation?

Registered Report

source: Moshontz et al. (2018)

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  • Investigate psychological effects which could be diverse among cultures, langauges, societies, and any human traits.
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Reference

de Koning, Björn B., Stephanie I. Wassenburg, Lisanne T. Bos, and Menno Van der Schoot. 2017a. “Size Does Matter: Implied Object Size Is Mentally Simulated During Language Comprehension.” Discourse Processes 54: 493–503. https://doi.org/10.1080/0163853X.2015.1119604.

de Koning, Björn B., Stephanie I. Wassenburg, Lisanne T. Bos, and Menno van der Schoot. 2017b. “Mental Simulation of Four Visual Object Properties: Similarities and Differences as Assessed by the SentencePicture Verification Task.” Journal of Cognitive Psychology 29 (4): 420–32. https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2017.1281283.

Moshontz, Hannah, Lorne Campbell, Charles R. Ebersole, Hans IJzerman, Heather L. Urry, Patrick S. Forscher, Jon E. Grahe, et al. 2018. “The Psychological Science Accelerator: Advancing Psychology Through a Distributed Collaborative Network:” Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, October. https://doi.org/10.1177/2515245918797607.

Zwaan, Rolf A., and Diane Pecher. 2012. “Revisiting Mental Simulation in Language Comprehension: Six Replication Attempts.” PLoS ONE 7: e51382. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051382.